Lets talk about mirror/clone characters in the same match

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#1

Not sure if it is just me but it seriously ruins my experience of games when i see the same character multiple times participating in the same match. It doesn’t make sense from an immersion perspective, it is confusing when someone on the enemy team and your team is the same person; i’ve died a few times confusing my enemy with a friend, and in a game that requires split-second decision making, it is a serious hinderance. Dota 2 did well in this regard; disallowing the same character to appear twice in the same match; another game that did this well being Vermintide, where you pick your character beforehand, and you’re only matched with those that are not the character you’re using.

I’m not saying change the current gamemodes (but i certainly wouldn’t say no to it), but i’d like to see a mode where there are no mirror characters in the same game. It just makes more sense that way, and is less confusing overall.

#2

I think Battleborn handles it well. One of the things Oscar Mike says when he’s fighting against another is “Fighting myself, pretty freaked out right now.” I literally LOL each time.

#3

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#4

He also says evil twin brother in bound
Also allies have green health enemies have red health never had a problem telling the differnet between my team and the other

#5

I like that you can play which ever character on both sides. Like Right now I’m stuck with the default heroes and Oscar Mike is the only one of those I enjoy playing.

#6

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#7

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#8

I understand that some people are okay with it; i just wish there was an option for those that are not… I get really tired of seeing this trend in moba style games, and to many it is not a big deal, but for me, someone who is just looking for an immersive experience, just looking to get into the world, it breaks that illusion for me; and i’m sure it does for many others too. I’m aware they have voice acted lines and such for encountering eachother ingame, but that isn’t good enough for me. On top of that you have the fact that it can get confusing as i’ve mentioned previously.

#9

Just give if a week, there will be a ton of variety once people get to unlocking everyone. More characters started appearing about day 3-4.

#10

Going by this logic you would not want certain players to pick other battleborn that are on your team as it doesnt make sence for example why would melka fight against a eldrids but with a jennerit as she hates jennerits but likes everyone as apart from kleese. Why would thorn fight montana as they have bookclub together? Before you know it your only allowed to pick 6 character based of what the other people pick.

#11

No; it is just the fact that two of the same hero exist, it makes no sense. Just look at smite; they did the same thing where it was possible to have two of the same gods in one mode; and it just makes no sense from a lore perspective. Dota 2 works on being unable to pick mirror heroes, and it works just fine like that; all i’m asking is for an option to play without mirrors for those who don’t like it. It may seem like small thing, but its the little details that make the big difference (if you’ll pardon me for pulling a cliche saying).

#12

I wouldn’t mind that option. Mirror matches are a pet peeve of mine, because I prefer everyone to play their own character. Mirror matches won’t be nearly as prevalent later on in the game, once most everyone has all the characters unlocked. At least they made those matches amusing, with what the clones have to say about it.